Apple M5 vs Apple M5 Max
The M5 Max delivers 4.0x the FP32 throughput of the M5 (17 vs 4.2 TFLOPS dense). The M5 Max also carries 96 GB more memory (128 GB vs 32 GB).
Apple M5
Full specs →Apple M5 Max
Full specs →Specifications
Performance (TFLOPS)
FLOPS by Precision
What actually differs
Both GPUs launched in 2025: the M5 on Apple M5 and the M5 Max on Apple M5.
Dense throughput for the M5 against the M5 Max: FP32 4.2 vs 17 TFLOPS. Sparse figures, where the vendor publishes them, appear under each dense number in the performance table.
Memory is 32 GB against 128 GB, fed at 154 GB/s versus 614 GB/s. More memory per GPU means larger models fit before you have to shard across cards, which often matters more than raw TFLOPS for inference.
For LLM training and inference, weight the FP8 and FP16 rows and memory capacity most heavily. For scientific and HPC workloads, the FP64 row is the one to read.
Frequently asked questions
Is the M5 faster than the M5 Max?
At FP32 precision the M5 Max reaches 17 TFLOPS dense against 4.2 TFLOPS for the M5. The performance table on this page lists every published precision for both GPUs.
Which has more memory, the M5 or the M5 Max?
The M5 Max carries 128 GB of VRAM versus 32 GB for the M5. Memory bandwidth is 154 GB/s for the M5 and 614 GB/s for the M5 Max.
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